Door-hanger.



No. 705,080. Patented my 22, |002.

J. HEnNEssEY.

D 0 0 B H A N G E R.

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Uli imd No. 705,000. Patented my 22, |902.

J. .1. HENNEssEY.

DOOR HANGER.

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No. 705,000. Patented July 22, |902.

J. J. HENNEssEv.

. DUUR HANGER.

(Application filed Sept. 20, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.:

JOHN J. HENNESSEY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

Doon-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of lLetters. Patent No. 705,080, dated July22, 1902. Application filed September 20, 1901. Serial No. 75,938. (Nomodel.)

To if/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. HENNEssEY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers, of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification.

This invention has reference to doors which are constructed to hang uponand slide by means of an overhead track-a construction which is commonin the case of railroad-car doors.

The first object of the present invention is the provision of ahangerfor a door of the type specified in which when it is desired toslide the door either open or shut the Weight thereof can be transferredfrom the hooks with which the same is provided to a couple of rollers orwheelscarred in suspension hanger-links or from the rollers or Wheels tothe said hooks, as the circumstances of the case may require, thehangers being so arranged that when the weight of the door istransferred to the links which are attached to the rollers the door willbeswung outwardly from the opening which it covers and free of the sideof the car or other wall in which the opening is, so as to more freelyslide back and forth, and when the weight is transferred to the hooksthe action of the liftlever to which the hanger-links are attachedbrings the door in contact with the side of the car. Y

The above, as well as such other objects as may hereinafter appear, Iattain by means of a construction which I have illustratedV in preferredform in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation showing a car having my improved door-hanger mechanism Fig. 2is a section taken on the line 2 of Fig. 1, showing the door tightlyclosed. Fig. 3 is a like section showing the door swung outward ready tobe slid open. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the improved form of hangerwhich I employ. Fig. 5 is an elevation, partly in section, showing theengagement with the suspension rail of the hanger-hook. Fig. 6 is a likeview to that shown in Fig. 5, but having the hooks out of engagementwith the rail and the weight of the door carried by the Wheels. Fig. 7is a side elevation, on a larger scale, taken upon the inside of myimproved hanger. Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8 of Fig. 7, showingthe rail and doorin position when the weight of the door rests upon thehooks;` and Fig. 9 is a like section showing the position of the partswhen the weight of the door is carried by the rollers or wheels.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4E, it will beseen that at each side of a door 10, which closes an opening 11 in theside wall 12 of a car, I have provided a hanger 13, having a hook orhooks 14 and a roller 15, the latter being journaled in a link 16,pivotally secured at 17 (see Figs. 5 to 9, inclusive) to a lift-lever18,1which is fulcrumed at 19 in the casting 20, which is se c ured tothe upper side or edge of the door 10. Each of the lift-levers isprovided with an eye 21, in which is secured the upper end of a rod 22,the lower end whereof is at tached to a sliding plate or strap 23,adapted to be moved up and down by means of a hand-,lever 24, which isfulorumed at 25 and slides upon a quadrant 26, having lockingnotches 27therein, as shown on Fig. 1. If preferred, the lever 2e and quadrant 26can be dispensed with and the mechanism operated by a direct pull on thestrap 23. The hooks 14 are preferably integral with the base portion 28of the bracket-casting, to which the lift-lever is pivoted at 19.

Referring especially to Figs. 8 and 9, it will be seen that thelink-levers 18 are so disposed that as the weight of the door is shiftedfrom the hooks 14: to the rollers 15 the door will be moved outwardly,and vice versa. When the strap 23 is released, the lift-lever 18 assumesthe position shown in Fig. 8,when the door comes against the side of thecar and the weight thereof is carried by the hooks 14, the recesses 30thereof engaging the rail, as shown in Fig. 5, whereby outward as wellas longitudinal movement is avoided.

The operation of my invention is as follows: Assuming the parts to be inclosed position, the door will be as shown in Fig. 1, and, as shown inFig. 2, will be tight against the opening 11, the weight thereof restingupon the hooks 14, as shown. in Figs. 5 and IOO 8, the lift-lever 18having carried the door inward into close contact with the side of thecar. To open the door, the lever 24 is pulled downward until it catchesin the notch 27, and this action, by the rods 22, which are secured inthe eyes 2l, operates the lift-levers 18, so as to pull upon the links16 and move the door by means of the pivotal connection of thelift-levers 18 with the bracketcasting 20, s0 that the weight of thedoor is transferred from the hooks t0 the rollers 15, the hooks beingraised free from the rail 29 and the door at the same time by the actionof the lift-lever 18 swung outward away from contact with the side ofthe car, the movement of the lift-lever 18 being as shown in'Figs. 8 and9, from which it is evident that since the rail and the wheels cannotmove inward the door, when the weight thereof is transferred to thelinks 16 and the wheels 15, will move outward to the position shown inFigs. 9 and 3. The weight of the door being now carried by the rollers15 and the door being swung free from contact with the side of the car,it can be readily moved to open it without injuring the side of the carand Without the exercise of material force. In order to close the door,it is moved back over the opening and the lever 24 then released fromthe catch 27, so as to allow the door to be supported by the hooks 14.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is-a l 1. A door-hanger comprising a bracketadapted for fixed attachment to a door, a hook portion attached to saidbraket, a roller, a link carrying said roller, and a lift-lever,Wherebythe weight of the door is transferred from the hook portion tothe roller, or vice versa, substantially as described.

2. A door-hanger comprising a bracket for fixed attachment to a door, alink secured thereto, means carried thereby for supporting the doortherefrom in its open position, a lift-lever connecting said bracket andlink, means for supporting the door in its closed position, and meansfor actuating said liftlever, whereby the Weight of the door istransferred from said link to said other supporting means, substantiallyas described.

3. A door-hanger comprising a bracket for iixed attachment to a door, ahook, a link sed cured to said bracket, means carried thereby forsupporting the door in position to be opened, a lift-lever connectingsaid bracket and link and means for actuating said lift; lever totransfer the weight of the door from said hook to said link, or viceversa, substan tially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOI-IN J. HENNESSEY.

In presence of- N. E. OLIPHANT, B. C. RoLoFF.

